starting out fresh

[matthews131]

hey guys i started smoking m

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• matthews131
• Jan 29, 2013

this is the first bbq i built it is propane with 6 55000 btu burners

eat and bbqing hardcore 2 years ago and i am really loving it and want to sell my bbq at events on weekends as a side job. i built a big trailor bbq a year ago and it works well but the more i am getting into it i realized the bbq i built is not made for my kind of cooking. so i have had it up for sale for about 5 months now and have finally sold it . i have a wad of cash in my pocket and would like to build a nother, i cant decide wether i want to build 2 smoker bbqs on 1 trailer with 2 seperate fire boxes. or just 2 seperate trailers with 1 bbq smoker on each . and also i dont know if reverse flow is better or just user tuning plates? so if there are any experianced builders out there that could help me with the design and measurements of the fire box stuff like that so i dont have to go through all the trial and error. pictures would be awesome thanks guys oh and i have 2 old propane tanks for the grill that are about 4 feet long and 3 feet wide

 

[bbq bill]

I recently started building my first real smoker. (Still not done yet, but moving right along)

I asked some of these same questions.

Here is the link to a really easy to use and understand calculator

http://www.feldoncentral.com/bbqcalculator.html

Hope it helps!!

 

[matthews131]

sweet thats awesome that will def help are you building reverse flow?

 

[bbq bill]

No, I don't know what the name of the style I am building is called, but there are pictures on my profile.  I will have the firebox behind and in the middle of the smoke chamber and will use tuning plates to eliminate hot spots.

This is a picture of the design I went with.  This was taken before I got the two tanks welded together. I have several pictures on my profile.

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• bbq bill
• Dec 30, 2012